Sunday, March 8, 2009

CHARMIN TAKES CRUFTS

CH Efbe’s Hidalgo At Goodspice & owner/handler Margery Good

First Obama boots Churchill out of the Oval Office and now an American dog has gone Best In Show at Crufts under an American judge, Peter Green. Not since the end of the Raj have the British suffered such a setback. Our own CH Efbe’s Hidalgo At Goodspice, the Sealyham Terrier, finished ahead of the number one dog in the UK, the Standard Poodle, CH Afterglow The Big Tease, who took Reserve.

CH Afterglow The Big Tease

The white Poodle, Donny, is an AKC champion and represented the UK at the 2008 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship. Donny was handled by his breeder/owner Michael Gadsby. Charmin has now added the penultimate third jewel to dogdom’s triple crown, having won the 2007 AKC/Eukanuba National Championship, the 2008 World Dog Show in Stockholm in July, and now the 2009 Crufts Dog Show. Congratulations to breeder Frances Bergeron, owners Margery & Richard Good & Sandra Middlebrooks, and handler Margery Good on a magnificent show career.

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Question, do poodles in the continental trim in England always have that fuller-looking, less-tied up topknot, or is that specific to that particular dog? This dog also has kind of upright rear angulation to me, but still a very nice dog (obviously).

Where did you hear that this will his last show Anonymous(I want to see some hard proof).

Anonymous 2:Yes Charmin is from Canada.I do belive that he's from a place called Efbe's Sealyhams(I think).

And anyone notice that the the BIS judge was the same one who judged the terrier group at Westminster last month(And did the 2 evictions, but that is another story).Wonder why he did'nt choose charmin while he had the chance?

A little off-topic(Or not)But how long on average is a showdog is shown/involved in breeding before it's retired?

P.S To the people who responded to my inquiry(As of this posting).I've sent you all responses.I'm going to try to secure some Message board space for planning purposes ,so until then just wait and see(New people are still encouraged to E-mail me if they want to help).

Merci & Charmin are full brothers (Merci's the elder) bred by Frances Bergeron of Quebec, Canada. As I have frequently stated here, Charmin was born in Canada, but grew up here and has always been campaigned here, so we have always considered him an "American" dog. I'm not sure he has ever been shown in Canada.

I believe the poodle was the #1 dog in the UK so that would explain why it was the crowd favorite. The poodle was quite nice but Charmin is an awesome dog and showed very well also so I agree with the judge's choice. :)

So it is official he's retired.Well I wouldn't count him out*Cites the victory of stump who was the oldest dog to take Westminster*(Unless Margery has plans for a castration for him, then that's another story).Charmin was the reason I gave a damn about dogshows in the first place.The moment I saw him Thanksgiving day 2007 I was hooked.He was one of a kind.No Sealy will rival him.Not his children, his grandchildren, or his great-grandchildren.Not even his brother, Merci.This is a sad day for dogshows on this planet.Billy you must do a separate post on this.P.S I'm still looking for people for my Charmin Fan page http://cornflower.forumotion.net/charmin-fans-forum-f19/?sid=24b86efeafce22dba30a541a26c8702e

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The author has been attending dog shows as a spectator and exhibitor for over 45 years. He is a retired management consultant who has advised multiple organizations affiliated with the AKC and the Cat Fanciers Association on business management, long range planning, customer service, and legislative matters. After 25 years of living in the big cities of New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, he now resides in his hometown of Memphis, TN.

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